confectionary

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Relating to, or of the nature of confections or their production.
2. (not-comparable) Prepared as a confection.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A candy, sweetmeat; a confection.
2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A place where confections are manufactured, stored; a confectory.
3. (alt-of, countable, dated, uncountable) Dated form of confectionery (“a confectioner's shop”).
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) One who makes confections; a confectioner.
5. (alt-of, archaic, uncountable) Archaic form of confectionery (“candy, sweets, taken collectively”).

Synonyms

confectionery

candy store

candy

🍬

sweets

sweetmeats

sweet

confection

confectioner's

confectionery

sweets

Translations

ζαχαροπλαστείο

şekerleme

confiserie

Konditorei

Konditorwaren

Süßigkeit

Süßigkeiten

Zuckerwerk

Süßware

sucrerie

dolciume

negozio di pasticceria

bellaria

Etymology

From Late Latin cōnfectiōnārius (“one who prepares things by means of ingredients”), from Latin cōnfectiō (“preparing, producing”). See confection.